December 2006
BUBL LINK: Media studies
by jlesagea UK portal's link to media links portals; some entries here will be new to US academics
November 2006
Lists of Bests
by jlesage & 5 othersagain, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, TV Show Reviews, Game Reviews, Book Reviews - Metacritic.com
by jlesage & 19 othersMetacritic is a usefully organized site, providing tips on what you might like to do.
culture.info - sharing knowledge for culture - visual
by jlesagethe visual page from a large European web portal for arts professionals; another page is for media
Aesthetics and Visual Culture
by jlesageextensive links page, from a philosophy disciplinary perspective; updated Aug. 06
Dave Harris and Colleagues
by jlesagelarge collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
Senses of Cinema
by jlesageone of the best online film journals; exhaustive and regularly updated links page
Video History Project: Resources - Collections & Distribution Links
by jlesagedocuments video art and community television, as it evolved in rural and urban New York State, and across the US
Word Circuits
by jlesage"This is a place for poetry and fiction born to pixels rather than the page--writing that's digital down to its bones." An excellent resource with both online poetry, often Flash poetry, and other links.
Literary Theory. Literary Criticism
by jlesagevery large site, also contains links for art and film, among other things, lots of branching possiblities
Photoethnography.com
by jlesagelinks to courses compiled by Karen Nakamura, who notes that most courses in Visual Anthropology teach visual analysis and not visual production
Miguel Carrasco's Real World: Watch TV for Free - Part 2
by jlesageways to use your computer to watch television from around the world
October 2006
Dr. Anderson's Communication Gateway Page: Flow Conference "New Technologies" Panel @ 12:45pm
by jlesageblog by a communications and media teacher with many online resources, links, lecture notes, etc.
The RML Movie Page
by jlesagelinks page for many aspects of cinema, internationally; not well organized
The Media and Communications Studies Site
by jlesagegateway to media information, including narratology, listed under textual analysis
I Want Media - Media News & Resources
by jlesage & 1 othermedia headlines, regrettably no RSS feed for site
Screenwriting and Movie Screenplay Database: Show Me: Free Screenplays
by jlesagesource for film scripts
September 2006
Movie Blogs
by jlesageI have not looked at all these, but about.com often has some new tips to follow up on.